Re: Books on INFORMIX-SQL

In article <6s7iuh$2lb$1@news.xmission.com>, jleffler@informix.com (Jonathan Leffler) wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Malcolm Weallans wrote: > > > Does anybody know if there are any books on the specific topic of > > INFORMIX-SQL other than the ones by Jonathan Leffler and Tony > > Lacy-Thompson. A training centre I teach for has just started giving > > away > > free books with courses and they are looking for a modern book on > > ISQL. > > Obviously, this is a biassed view... > > Well, apart from the fact that Using Informix-SQL doesn't discuss the > more > recent features of the engines (it assumes you are using SE and is > current > for version 4.10), what did you want in a more recent book? AFAIK, > there > aren't any, unless you count Informix Unleashed (and I don't know how > much > of ISQL is covered in there) and it's like. Really and truly, Using > Informix-SQL 2nd Edition is up to date. The only items it doesn't cover > are things like GLS support, which are at least as much a property of > the > engine as of ISQL per se. I've periodically considered whether it needs > updating, but there is very little to be updated. > > Yours, > Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> > Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN > Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn > > I think Informix Unleashed is excellent but IMHO if you've already got a number of Informix books, eg JLs, Suto, Lumbley etc and reasonable range of Informix manuals then it doesn't offer anything extra - it's just in one place. Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 #